1983 Sep 19 - 1983 Dec 30
Prime Ministerial Private Office files
PREM19/953
Argentina (Falklands) (Part 35)
| Document type: | File list item |
|---|---|
| Source: | TNA, PREM19 series |
| Release date: | 2013 Aug 1 |
| Classification: | Secret |
| Page count: | 347 |
| Any docs withheld? | 13 |
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Selections from this file
Showing items 61 - 78 of 78
| Date | Value |
Title |
|---|---|---|
| 83 Dec 19 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKREP Brussels telegram to FCO (“Arms sales to Argentina”) [UK dismayed by French lifting of restraints] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: US Ambassador Price letter to MT (message from the President on certification of Argentina) [MT annotates critically] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 8 Th | Major | Falklands: Vice-President Bush letter to MT (re-certification of Argentina as a potential purchaser of US arms) [wishes "we could sit down and chat because I have been troubled by recent tensions"] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 27 Th | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 1803 to UKE Washington (1440Z) (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [concerns about US policy] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 2037 to UKE Washington (2130Z) (message to Shultz on arms sales to Argentina) [Howe conveys “serious concerns”] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Sep 29 Th | Major | Falklands: FCO telegram 554 to UKMIS New York (1545Z) (“Falklands at UNGA”) [UK protest at Italian pro-Argentine lobbying] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 8 Tu | Major | Falklands: Howe telegram to UKE Paris (“Falklands at the General Assembly”) [plea to France to abstain from vote on Argentine resolution] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 21 Mo | Major | Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC New Delhi (“Anti-Americanism in the UK and the certification of Argentina”) [likely resumption of US arms sales to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 23 We | Major | Falklands: Howe telegram to UKHC New Delhi (‘Guardian’ article on UK territorial claim to Falklands) [allegation that Government suppressed documents casting doubt on claim] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 4 Fr | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 1851 to FCO (“American arms for Argentina”) [conversation between Oliver Wright and Kenneth Dam] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 4 Su | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 2 to UKE Athens (1930Z) (“Argentina: US certification”) [concerns about backlash over lack of UK support for US action in Grenada] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 20 Th | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3031 to FCO (2341Z) (“UNGA debate: Falklands”) [US to support Argentine resolution again] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 10 Th | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3395 to FCO (2305Z) (“Weinberger on Argentina and Grenada”) [arms supplies to Argentina] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 3 Sa | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3650 to FCO (184Z) (message to Shultz on arms sales to Argentina) [US gives confidential assurance to consult UK prior to any sales] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 6 Tu | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3678 to FCO (2012Z) (“Argentina”) [conversation between Rodric Braithwaite & Vice-President Bush] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Dec 12 Mo | Major | Falklands: UKE Washington telegram 3732 to FCO (2315Z) (“Argentina”) [Vice-President Bush visiting Alfonsin] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Oct 27 Th | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1172 to FCO (0026Z) (“Secretary Genrals report: Falklands”) [appeals for dialogue and offers services as intermediary] [declassified 2013] |
| 83 Nov 16 We | Major | Falklands: UKMIS New York telegram 1363 to FCO (0142Z) (“Falklands debate”) [“detailed breakdown of voting on this year’s resolution”] [declassified 2013] |